This project provides a middleware to couple FDS with the OpenSEES. It includes a number of modules to perform various tasks such as making devices for the FDS, transferring data from FDS to OpenSEES and so on. All these models are discussed later in the manual provided here.
FSDM middleware can be run both in Windows, MacOS, and Linux machines. For Windows run FSDM.exe file, it will run in the command window. And, for MacOS and Linux run FSDM (Unix Executable) by clicking (double click) the FSDM file, the middleware will execute in the Terminal window.
FSDM middleware package includes the following modules.
FDSDevices : Generates devices for the FDS script.
BNDFBatchFile : When BNDF method is used to measure some quantity in the FDS, this module in the middleware generates a batch file that can be run in Terminal to produce output of the FDS in ascii format.
FDS2OpenSEES : When Device approach is used to get the output from the FDS, this module converts the data in the OpenSEES format.
BNDF2OpenSEES : When BNDF approach is used, this module will utilise the output from the fds2ascii program, and finally it will generates the output in the OpenSEES format to perform heat transfer analysis. Refer FDS User’s manual to get the data from fds2ascii.
To know how to run FSDM, please read the manual provided in the downloads.
1. Windows binary file:Download FSDM.exe
2. Mac OS binary file:Download FSDM
3. User manual:Download pdf file
This page was last updated in Sept, 2020